NAC284.140. Reclassification of class or position to lower grade: Status of incumbent.

     1. If a class or position is reclassified to a lower grade, the incumbent’s title and grade must be changed to the new class. He or she will retain his or her status of appointment and pay progression date. The rate of pay will be determined by the provisions of NAC 284.290 governing an employee’s pay on retained rates or, if the employee does not meet these requirements, by the provisions of NAC 284.173 governing an employee’s pay on demotion.

     2. The employee is eligible for reappointment to the same or a similar class from which he or she was reclassified.

     3. The employee is entitled to reemployment rights to his or her former class and option in his or her department for 1 year after the date of notification of the reclassification to the lower grade if the employee and the agency provide the necessary information regarding the employee’s seniority on the prescribed form.

     4. If the employee is receiving a retained rate of pay and declines the first opening which is offered for his or her previous class in his or her department and location, the employee forfeits his or her reemployment rights to the former class and must be immediately reclassified to the lower grade and the provisions of this chapter governing the pay of an employee on demotion apply.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by R043-99, 9-27-99; R147-01, 1-22-2002; A by Personnel Comm’n by R133-12, 10-4-2013)